Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- General · Politician
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Place in the story
Christian (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
John Hunyadi — the Hungarian commander who led the crusader coalition's land forces against Murad II. In al-Sallabi's account he crossed the Danube and inflicted two heavy defeats on the Ottomans in 846/1442, driving them to sue for the ten-year peace sworn at Szeged in 848/1444 1.
Connections
- Fought
- مراد الثاني
- Fought by
- مراد الثاني
- Participated in
- Treaty of Szeged (1444)
People and things also explored
Battle of Varna and the breach of the treaty· Treaty of Szeged (1444)· مراد الثاني· The second battle of Kosovo· Conquest of Thessalonica· Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos· السلطان محمد الفاتح· محمد الأول جلبي
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 80
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “John Hunyadi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hunyadi-janos/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.